Claim · model-written summary
Small onion bulbs sprouted and rooted earliest during storage, while large bulbs did so latest.
- Taxon
- onion
Allium cepae0 - Material
- small bulbse0
- Organ / stage
- bulb explantse0
- Outcome
- sprouting and rootinge0
- Direction
- earlieste0
- Comparator
- large bulbse0
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Verbatim
e0“During storage the earliest sprouting and rooting of bulb explants and of the whole onion bulbs was observed in small bulbs of diameters: 2.5-3.5, and the latest in large bulbs of 5.1-7.0 cm”
Title
Influence of size of onion bulb cv. 'Czerniakowska' on its dormancy, sprouting and rooting
M. Bielińska-Czarnecka; A. Kępkowa; E. Kielak; et al. Acta Agrobotanica 2013. doi:10.5586/aa.1981.009
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Association Longer storage was associated with more sprouted and rooted bulb explants and whole bulbs.
- Association Differences in sprouting and rooting rates between small and large onion bulbs diminished during storage.
- Observation Bulb explants sprouted and rooted earlier and in greater numbers than whole onion bulbs.
- Association Explants from large bulbs generally had more leaves than explants from small onion bulbs.